My custom bass (ETS & BART HELP NEEDED)

[Theshortlist_to]

Ive posted about this in the basses forum but i thought i would let it rise from the ashes as there have been developments and i was looking for advice of the luthiers out there

The specs are:

• 4 String
• Bubinga body
• Maple top
• Mahogany neck
• 24 frets
• 34" Scale
• Bartolini EMG 35 pick up
• Bartolini 3-band pre amp
• Gottoh Tuners
• Shaller Strap locks
• ETS Mk III Curved Bridge with different tail piece
• Ebony Fretboard

i was thinking about getting ETS piezos installed in the bridge however im not sure how much this would confuse things as it would obviously need a seperate pre-amp and its own pots

can anyone who has experience with the bart 3 band pre-amps or with ETS bridges and Piezos please post the pro's and cons and an explanation of what they have used.

I am wondering how the piezos will effect the sound, i can obviously use the soapbar on its own and what it would sound like with some of the piezo blended in?


I will post some pics of the basses development and designs so far later today.

[Fasoldt Basses]

Bartolini makes a piezo buffer for use with magnetic pickups.

http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/MPB

Should work pretty well.

[Theshortlist_to]

[luknfur]

Originally Posted by Theshortlist_to

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FWIW:

dinked around with piezo's but don't really know squat about them. However, lately RMC's keep coming up and reportedly they work well alone and have a deep tone to them and not just the hollow treble complimentary tone I'm accustomed to. In as much they would function like a seperate pup and be much more useful and more of bargain in terms of getting more for what's involved in adding them.

[luknfur]

FWIW:

here's one of the later piezo threads:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...436post2156436